Belt tool and punch.



G. G. JONES. BELT TOOL AND PUNCH. APPLIGATIONIILED APR. 26. 1907.

Patented N0v.. 17, 1908.

GEORGE GILFORD JONES, OF ST. OATHERINES, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. SMITH AND ROSWELL L. SMITH, OF ST. OATHERINES, CANADA.

BELT TOOL AND PUNCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed April 26, 1907. Serial No. 370,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. Jonas, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in St. Oatherines, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Belt Tools and Punches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tools and more particularly to a belt tool and punch for splicing and repairing belts, the object being to provide a tool which is very simple and cheap in construction and one which is provided with a knife, punch awl and gage so that a belt can be spliced or repaired with a single tool. v

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification :-Figure l is a side elevational view of my improved belt tool and punch. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing A indicates a handle in which is secured the pointed shank B of a knife-blade B, by an ordinary ferrule A which blade can be used for cutting the belt. The end of the blade is provided with an outwardly projecting tapering por tion, semi-circular in cross-section having sharpened edges and end forming a punch O which can be used for punching different sized holes. One side of the blade is graduated at its square end, and provided with an outwardly projecting lug B adjacent the handle forming a guide for the purpose here inafter fully described.

Arranged in the punch is a scratch-awl D provided with a slotted shank D which is slidably mounted on a thumb-screw E working in a threaded bore formed in the blade, so that the awl can be readily adjusted in and out as desired. The underside of the shank of the awl is curved to fit the groove of the punch so that when the awl is shoved outwardly to be used for marking, it will be securely held in the punch without any danger of it slipping out of the same.

A pointed lug F is formed on one side of the shank of the awl, adjacent its end which extends out beyond the square edge of the blade and forms a marker which is adapted for marking the places to be punched for lacing the belts together.

The lug 13 forms a gage, and by resting the forward side of said gage against the end of the belt at one corner and sliding the device transversely across the belt the marker F will mark the line parallel to the belt end, upon which line the holes are to be punched.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have provided a novel tool which is provided with all the necessary lignitruments for repairing and splicing a Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An implement comprising a handle carrying a blade provided with an outwardly projecting punch, semi-circular in cross-section throughout its length having a snugly fitting awl adjustably mounted therein.

2. An implement comprising a cutting blade provided with a tapering punch at one end having sharpened edges and end, and a handle at the other end, and an awl mounted on said knife working in said punch.

3. An implement comprising a handle carrying a blade provided with a tapering punch, of a thumb-screw mounted on said blade, an awl working in said punch provided with a slotted shank working on said thumb-screw, for the purpose described.

GEORGE GILFORD JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. WILLIs,

JAMES MONROE. 

